According to Organization Science magazine, the “Oscar Curse” is “the colorful belief that misfortune paradoxically befalls Academy Award winners.” Though the magazine did not find evidence of said curse, these 12 actors might disprove those findings.

Actress Halle Berry won a Razzie (awards for the worst in film) just a few years after getting her Best Actress Oscar, and following his Best Actor win for “Jerry Maguire,” Cuba Gooding Jr. went on to star in movies like “Snow Dogs,” which earned a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Oscar for “Jerry Maguire” in 1997, and has since been nominated for four Razzies.

Kim Basinger won in 1997 for “L.A. Confidential.” Now, she’s best known for her role in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise.

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Kim Basinger in 2017.

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Basinger’s lone Academy Award nomination and win came over 20 years ago for her role in “L.A. Confidential.” It was also the last time she was nominated for any major award. She’s since appeared in films like “Fifty Shades Darker,” which earned a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Halle Berry is the first and only black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 2001’s “Monster’s Ball.” She accepted a Razzie three years later.

Marcia Gay Harden, after winning the 2001 Academy Award for “Pollock,” called winning “disastrous on a professional level.”

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Marcia Gay Harden in 2019.

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Harden has been relatively successful after her 2001 win for “Pollock.” She was nominated again, this time for Best Supporting Actress three years later for “Mystic River,” but lost. Since then, she’s had a prolific TV career, and was nominated for two Emmys.

However, Harden herself seems to have confirmed the curse. “The Oscar is disastrous on a professional level,” she told Premiere Magazine soon after her win. “Suddenly the parts you’re offered become smaller and the money less. There’s no logic to it.”

Roberto Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning performance in 1997’s “Life Is Beautiful” with a live-action version of “Pinocchio” that garnered a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Roberto Benigni in 2018.

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Benigni wrote, directed, and starred in the 1997 film “Life Is Beautiful.” He ended up winning for Best Actor and Best Foreign Film at the 1999 Academy Awards. But since then, he hasn’t had much success in the US.

Mo’Nique has been critical of Hollywood after her 2010 win for “Precious.”

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Mo’Nique in 2018.

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Mo’Nique played completely against type for her role as the abusive mother in “Precious.” Some thought she would focus on more dramatic material after the win, but she has reverted back to her comedic roles.

Although he earned rave reviews, Ngor didn’t appear in any other Oscar-worthy films.

Marlee Matlin won an Academy Award for her first on-screen role in “Children of a Lesser God,” but mainly stuck to television after.

Her first movie part was in “Children of a Lesser God,” which she won the Oscar for in 1987 – a rare feat. She was the first deaf actress to be nominated for an Academy Award.

But 20 years later, Matlin’s most recognizable roles are her TV parts, like Joey Lucas in “The West Wing,” or her stint on “Dancing with the Stars.” The parts for deaf actors are still, frustratingly, few and far between.